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How To: Stiffen water with flour and salt

See what happens when you mix a few cooking ingredients into water! This video tutorial will show you the trick to stiffen water with flour and salt. It's a pretty simple trick, and you don't need to be a science genius to do it. Just mix a little salt and flour together, then dump into the pre-boiled water and watch as it hardens completely stiff.

How To: Make burning soap bubbles

Learn how to make bubbles burn in this science video tutorial. You will see exactly how to make burning bubbles, with aerosol spray deodorant, a bowl of water, and liquid soap. It's a pretty simple experiment -- you just pour some dish soap in the water, stir it, then spray the deodorant can while submerged in water. The final step is lighting the burning bubbles on fire. Yeah!

How To: Escape from a set of professional handcuffs

See how to escape from a set of professional handcuffs. If you ever get arrested, see how you can get out of those handcuffs with just a bobby pin. It's a pretty easy trick, you just need to modify the bobby pin a bit and you're almost there. The police will never be able to hold you down, but this is actually more for a magic show, like magicians perform.

How To: Perform the "coin through sugar packet" magic trick

The goal of this video tutorial is to teach you how to perform the "coin through sugar packet" magic trick. This instructional is to help anyone wanting to be a magician, helping you understand technique and presentation of simple but effective illusions. These tricks are pretty easy, but with time, practice and patience you will be able to amaze your friends and your family. Learn the coin through a sugar packet magic prop trick.

How To: Do the Hop the World (HTW) freestyle soccer trick

Similar to the Around the World and Crossover freestyle soccer tricks, the Hope the World or HTW shown here is a great trick where the player flicks the ball up, goes over it with the other leg, then catches the ball with the flying leg. You have to be able to jump and swing your legs pretty high, but if you can try out this move.

How To: Origami a sunflower

Origami! Fun pastime & skilled craft. Watch this origami how to video to learn how to fold the origami sunflower. This is a pretty difficult flower to fold. With origami, practice makes perfect. So practice those origami folds and you will have a beautiful sunflower.

How To: Get a better bass drum sound

Playing the drums can be pretty easy, all you need is a drum set, a decent sense of rhythm and a lot of practice. In this how to video you can learn how to get a better sound out of your bass drum. This will help your bass drum from sounding too echoed. Watch this how to video and you will be able to get a better tone from your bass drum.

How To: Create decorative scratches on fingernails

Learn how you can spice up your boring office manicure by applying some decorative scratches with this tutorial. You will need a base coat, finishing coat, a main color of nail polish, a couple of toothpicks and sparkles of any form. With this how to video you will be able apply these pretty decorative scratches in your fingernail polish.

How To: Do Ariel Little Mermaid inspired eye make up look

Ariel, the Little Mermaid is the basis for this colorful eye makeup look. The cosmetic products used to create this look are from Sebastian, NYX, MAC, L'Oreal, Lancome, Estee Lauder, Stila and Smashbox. Watch this video makeup application tutorial and learn how to do this pretty aquatic Ariel the Little Mermaid inspired eye makeup look.

How To: Care for plaenopsis orchids

They're known the world over and grow in some pretty strange places. But, as Allen Smith shows us, orchids don't have to be foreign to you. They can however be tricky to care for. Phalenopsis orchids are a great orchid for beginners. Watch this video gardening tutorial and learn how to care for orchid flowers.

How To: Play "Baby Now That I Found You" on the violin

In this how to video you will learn the violin solo to Alison Krauss' "Baby, Now That I Found You." This is a pretty easy solo to learn for an intermediate violinist. First the solo is played slowly so you can follow the notes, then it is sped up to regular speed. With this how to video you should be able to play "Baby Now That I Found You" by Alison Krauss on the violin.

How To: Make a puffy omelet

Make a puffy omelet with mushrooms and yellow pepper and cheese, maybe it will satisfy your appetite (even if it's not breakfast time, you can enjoy a pretty yellow and white omelet).

How To: Record good interview audio

This sound video demonstrates some techniques for getting good sound during an interview. It covers various types of mics and what you can use them for. Pretty soon, you'll be rigging up interview audio for important shows like Oprah or Good Morning America!

How To: Bathe a cat

In this video, you will learn the safe way to give a cat a bath. (Not that cats usually need baths--they are actually pretty good at grooming themselves).